Safety appliance for flying-machines.



O. A. BARBER.

SAFETY APPLIANCE FOR FLYING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1911.

1,019,014. Patented Mar.5,1912.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

C. A. BARBER.

SAFETY APPLIANCE FOR FLYING MACHINES.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 14, 1911.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

v INI/ZIL/VTOR hasiheretofore been producedli cr'annncn'alran ima, or nus Morris s, rowel:

To allwlwm it may concern? I I Be it known that I, CLAnnncn A. BARBER,

a citizen. of the United. States, residin at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and tate of Iowa, have invented new-and useful Im rovements in Safety Appliances for Flymg-Machines, of which the following is a specification; 1 I A i My inventionrelates' to safety appliances .10'for flying achines. 1 p The objeEt of my invention is to produce parachute ttac hments for, flying machines which are normally folded tq nvoi'd resist.

ance to the propulsion of the inachine, and;

adapted to be readily thrown into operative 7 position in case ohaccide'nt to prevent the dangerous descent of: the machine. I A further \objec-t thereof. ,i's'to rovide meansfor' throwing 'parachu fttac ments from. a. collapsed positionggj'int operative position and for. automatically expanding same to resist the. descent of a fly ng ma-' chine, and a; still-further object of' iny in ntion is to produce' a more simple,;cheap andefiicient device, of l said 'character'ithan To these ends," myfinventioii" includes the; combinations and.arrangement 1offlcompoa' nent parts to be -hereinafter described and. more.

"India accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters indicate-similar parts, Figure 1 is a side view of the frame of a flying machine of the aeroplane type showing my" safety appliances attached. I Fig. *2 is a, rear view of the same. 1 Fig. 3 -a"rear .view of' 'a flying'machine equipped.

with my" safetyxattachment showinggjsame Referring to the drawings, -1 indicates :the frame of an aeroplane comprisin the upper and lower-longitudinal rods 1 an 2, at each f endthereof, the vertical end rods 3 and 4, the front and transverse rods 5 and 6,- the diagonal braces 7 and 8 and the 'intermedi ate vertical rods; 9 and 10. V

11 indicates the rear extension frame mediall mounted on the mainframe 1 on which is carried the propeller. .--The particular form of said frame and of the planes and other parts forms no part of my 1nven tion and need not be more particularly described. I q .1

For the purpose of-preventingthe dan :gerous descent of a flying machine in event of accident,-I. provide a plurality of col- Specification of Letters r m. Application file d Ju1y'14, 1911. swarm. 638,476.

and carrie transverse rod 6 of the main frame of an aeroplane, and upon the rear extension 11 "thereof in position tojofi'er the leastresist- The ribs 16 are covered with .a strong 'gbl efabric 18. Surrounding the re articularlypointed out-initheclaimsf menummm r012. rnymamcnmns.

lapsible parachutes 12, 13 and .14, normally carried in'a collapsed condition in horizontal -1.; .STA ES Y Patented Mar. 5,-1 912.

position adaptedto be conveniently and quickly raised to a vertical position and automatically expanded to resist the descent-Poi.the machine. f Inthe present embodiment. of

garachutes are normally folded upon. suitable brackets on the anceto the flight of the machine, and so connected by levers and trips with the op erat'ors seat, that they may be quickly and conveniently elevated and expanded for service.- As. the .construction and operation of each parachute is substantially the same, I shall limit the description herein to one.

of such members.

Each of the arachutes, 12, 13 and 14, arev constructed su stantially as folding umbrellas, and comprise the rod 15, ribs 16 pivoted at one end thereof, supporting arms 17 'piv'( )ted atone end to said ribs intermediate-of their ends, and at the opposite ends to thesleeve 18 loosely carried on saidrod.

flexi- 15, I provide a coiled spring 19 secured .upon the 'outer end thereof, and to the sleeve 18 adapted to. be expanded whenthe frame'is. closed and to quickly raise or expand the parachute when it is elevated asj-hereinafter described. The parachutes thus described,

are'normall carried in afolded and horithereonby the arms. 21 on the pivoted rod 22, which is pivotally connected with the controllin lever 25 bywhich the parachute is'elevate by the rods 22, forthe purpose of simultaneously releasing 'it from confinesite end connectedwit'h thexcontrollinglever 25, fulcrumed on'the main frame 1 adjacent to the "operators position'therein. As shown in the drawings, the lever 23' is hinged with the rod 15st 27 to permit the fzontal position on the brackets 20 and held parachute to adjust itself to the position of the main framewhenelevated. When the operator loses control of the flying machine.

and desires to descend without accident, the controllin levers 25 are rocked on their pivots wh1ch actuate the levers 23 throu h the link rods 26, simultaneously'rocking' t e pivoted rods 22 to release the parachutes 1 and elevate them to a vertical position. The

descent of the machine tends to spread theribs of the parachutes, but such action is supplemented by the action of the springs 19 hereinbefore described;

' For the purpose of expediting the raising of the parachutes to a vertical position as described, springs 28 may be secured on the main and rear frames adjacent to the ends of the parachutes which are normally confined by the triggers 29 connected preferably with the controlling levers 25 by which- I claim as new and desire to be secured by- Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a flylng machine, of a parachute carried thereon in a normally recumbent and folded position,

rocking arms for holding same in such position, lifting levers for raising said parachute, means for releasing said holding arms, a spring for imparting initial movement to t e parachute for raising same, a controllin lever for simultaneousl actuating'saitf releasing means for the olding' arms and releasing means for the spring and theliftin levers,--and a spring carrie on said arac ute adapted toexpand same when raised, substantially as described-\ WV 2. The combinatlon w1th a flying ma t 'chine, of, a parachute carried thereon in a 'normally recumbent and 'folded position,

rocking-arms. for holding same in suchposition,

'fting levers for raising said arachute, means for releasing said ho ding arms, a spring for imparting initial movement to the parachute forraising same, a trigger for normally holding said spring inactive, a controlling lever r simultaneously actuating said releasing means for the holding arms, spring trigger and lift' levers, and a spring carried on said parac ute adapted to ex and same when ra sed, subt stantially as escribed. CLARENCE A. BARBER. Witnesses:- M, H. BALIUs,

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